throw in the towel

英 [θrəʊ ɪn ðə ˈtaʊəl]

美 [θroʊ ɪn ðə ˈtaʊəl]

承认失败;认输

英英释义

verb

• give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope
  1. In the second round, the challenger gave up
  Synonym:drop outgive upfall by the waysidedrop by the waysidethrow inquitchuck up the sponge

双语例句

• But what happens when a week goes by and you don't receive an offer? Should you sit by the phone and wait or throw in the towel?
  但是当一个礼拜过去后你还没有收到通知呢？你要守候在电话旁边还是认输放弃呢？
• The Campbells decided to throw in the towel.
  坎培尔夫妇决定放弃。
• So, why is it so hard to throw in the towel, even when on some level you know you should?
  那么，为什么人们很难主动放弃或者认输，哪怕自己心里已经感到力有不逮？
• "You don't throw in the towel at the first sign of trouble," he says.
  “你不要在麻烦的第一个征兆出现时扔毛巾，”他说。
• Small businesses, which have fewer financial and operational resources to withstand economic convulsions, are also unwilling to throw in the towel.
  在财务和运营方面抵御经济动荡的资源相对较少的小型企业，也都不愿意认输。
• How hard should a web designer fight for a good design decision before they throw in the towel and let a bad design decision happen?
  在设计师们认输并采用一个糟糕的设计策略之前，他应该做出多少努力来维护他的良好的设计决策呢？
• When you throw in the towel, you admit defeat.
  当你把毛巾扔下，你就是承认输了。
• Are there any telltale signs you should be looking for when trying to decide if you throw in the towel?
  当你在决定是否要放弃的时候，你是不是应该寻找一些迹象呢？
• It is easy to throw in the towel when faced with a barrage of bad news.
  面对接二连三的坏消息，人们很容易举起白旗。
• I confess there was more than one moment in 1981 when I felt ready to throw in the towel.
  我坦率承认，在1981年，我不止一次感到要认输了。